https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:51:34 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-156699 Sat, 12 May 2012 13:40:26 +0000 prettylizy 156699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsbells: hers was moist and gooey and bled for a few days. I actually put a little breast milk on it to help heal it faster....l that stuff really is liquid gold! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-156686 Sat, 12 May 2012 13:19:55 +0000 Mrsbells 156686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Stroller: haha yeah I'm kinda grossed out by how it looks underneath. who knew belly buttons were so complicated. I always thought when the cord fell off it would be perfectly healed underneath </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-156142 Fri, 11 May 2012 16:03:55 +0000 Mrs. Stroller 156142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Moisty and goopey and disgusting. I called the ped's off-hours line to make sure it was ok! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-156137 Fri, 11 May 2012 16:01:33 +0000 Mrsbells 156137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: I know!!! There are so many little things that no one mentions to you and you have to find out for yourself; one unpleasant surprise at a time </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-156125 Fri, 11 May 2012 15:36:31 +0000 sorrycharlie 156125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yech! these are things no one tells you before you have a baby! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-156088 Fri, 11 May 2012 15:12:36 +0000 banana 156088@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.bells: I got a small alcohol pad (those individual wrapped ones) and gently wiped around it (not directly on it). Just enough to get some of the goo/crusts off the outer part of the belly button. This is what my ped recommended. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-156040 Fri, 11 May 2012 14:44:31 +0000 KT326 156040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was a little gooey but it would also bleed a little bit. Just a few drops though. That went on for about a week, the ped said it was completely normal though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-156034 Fri, 11 May 2012 14:37:53 +0000 Mrsbells 156034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks guys.<br /> @banana: Did you use the alcohol directly on the belly button or just around it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-155756 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:39:43 +0000 banana 155756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Moist and gooey. I also used alcohol to clean it up and then it quickly ended up drying up and healing well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-155752 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:39:05 +0000 Mrsbells 155752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>oh I see.. I cant wait for her belly button to be healed, dry and normal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-155746 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:34:30 +0000 chopsuey 155746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was moist and gooey. We just got a alcohol pad and wiped it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-155741 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:31:46 +0000 mrsjazz 155741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was moist and little gooey. We didn't put anything on it, that yuckiness went away after a day or two.</p> <p>The stump fell off while DH was changing her diaper and I found it the next day on the kitchen table. He wanted to save it for her baby book. I vetoed that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-155739 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:29:28 +0000 Rubies 155739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's was moist and gooey and totally creeped me out. But after a couple of days it dried up perfectly fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/another-belly-button-question#post-155736 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:28:26 +0000 Mrsbells 155736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When your LO's umbilical cord fell off, what was it like underneath, was it dry or was it moist and gooey? after our pedi visit yesterday, I can see that the umbilical cord is very loose and only hanging on by a little bit of skin underneath. The bely button looks whitish and kinda moist. Is this how your LO's was? Did you put anything on it after the stump fell off? </p>